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crime

Meaning of “crime”

An offence or wrong.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Webster 1828
2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 31:11

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “crime”

KJV PCE
Job 31:11
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 31:11 · retained source text

For this is an heinous crime, yea, it is an iniquitie to bee punished by the Iudges.

Acts 25:16
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 25:16 · retained source text

To whom I answered, It is not the maner of the Romanes to deliuer any man to die, before that he which is accused, haue the accusers face to face, and haue licence to answere for himselfe concerning the crime laid against him.

Source order

Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Job 31:11; Acts 25:16

Job directly calls the act a heinous crime and an iniquity punishable by judges; Acts speaks of an alleged crime answered before accusers.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

An act which violates a law, divine or human; an act which violates a rule of moral duty; an offense against the laws of right. ... Any great wickedness; iniquity; wrong.

volume 1, leaf 511-512, column 3-1 (noun entry, senses 1-2)